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Tablet The Lost Encyclopedia of Jewish Artists 6 May
Jzef Sandel and Hersh Fenster were Jewish art enthusiasts who published encyclopedias in the 1950s, documenting the lives and works of Eastern European Jewis...
6 May
Tablet A Lost Great Yiddish Abortion Play 14 Oct 2022
The discovery of a lost Yiddish play from the early 20th century has shed light on the struggles of women regarding marriage, motherhood, and reproductive ri...
14 Oct 2022
Tablet The Vilna Collections in Translation 2 Feb 2022
YIVO has digitized the Vilna Collections, which include three documents presented in both Yiddish and English translations. The translations aim to resemble ...
2 Feb 2022
Tablet Diving Into the Vilna Collections 2 Feb 2022
The YIVO Institute has completed the Edward Blank Vilna Online Collections project, digitizing significant collections of documents that were impacted by the...
2 Feb 2022
Tablet The Accidental Rise of the Modern Yiddish Theater 21 May 2021
The modern Yiddish theater had an accidental rise in the late 19th century, starting in Odessa. The city had a modern sensibility and a diverse population th...
21 May 2021
Tablet Mississippi in Yiddish 23 Jul 2020
The article discusses a Yiddish play called Mississippi, which was based on the real-life case of the Scottsboro Boys, nine African Americans falsely accused...
23 Jul 2020